All swinish synonyms
swinΒ·ish
S s adj swinish
- ill-bred β showing lack of good social breeding; unmannerly; rude.
- clodhopping β loutish; boorish.
- boorish β Boorish behaviour is rough, uneducated, and rude.
- brute β If you call someone, usually a man, a brute, you mean that they are rough, violent, and insensitive.
- lowdown β the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- despisable β deserving of being despised; despicable
- in-satiable β not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.
- contemptible β If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
- bearish β On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- inhumane β not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- loutish β like or characteristic of a lout; awkward; clumsy; boorish.
- low-down β If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
- clownish β If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
- in-humane β not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- heeler β a person who heels shoes.
- inurbane β not urbane; lacking in courtesy, refinement, etc.
- lowbred β characterized by or characteristic of low or vulgar breeding; ill-bred; coarse.
noun swinish
- gimmie β Golf. a final short putt that a player is not required to take in informal play.
- gormandizing β Present participle of gormandize.
- esurience β The quality of being esurient; extreme gluttony or boundless hunger.
- graspingness β The quality of being grasping.
- gluttony β excessive eating and drinking.
adjective swinish
- craving β an intense desire or longing
- niggardly β reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- gross β without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- guzzling β South Midland and Southern U.S. gozzle.
- gulping β Present participle of gulp.
- esurient β Hungry or greedy.
- gobbling β Present participle of gobble.
- yearning β deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
adverb swinish
- abominable β Something that is abominable is very unpleasant or bad.
- cruel β Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- animal β An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
- loathsome β causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- monstrous β frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- gluttonous β tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.
- inhuman β lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal: an inhuman master.
- disgusting β causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste.
- feral β causing death; fatal.
- foul β grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
- barbarous β If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
- depraved β Depraved actions, things, or people are morally bad or evil.
- coarse β Coarse things have a rough texture because they consist of thick threads or large pieces.
- irrational β without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason.
- low β to utter by or as by lowing.
- degraded β disgraced, debased, depraved, etc.
- obscene β offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.